[raspberry-vi] Re: Happy Birthday Raspberry VI
- From: Patrick Smyth <patricksmyth01@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: raspberry-vi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2013 00:30:47 -0500
Looks like it is, in fact, a Samsung and not a Hynix. So I may have to run
through the image writing process again and make sure I haven't made any
mistakes. This is my first time booting a Pi, so it seems quite possible
I'm doing something wrong. If I can't get it to work again, I'll put one of
the other distros on my card to see if I can eliminate the possibility of a
hardware problem.
Thanks!
Best,
Patrick
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Patrick and welcome to the list.
>
> There is an issue with the Accessible Arch image with Pi boards which
> have Hynix RAM chips instead of the Samsung ones.
>
> I think these are manufactured by Radiospares. And yes they fail to
> boot. One of our other members has had some success replacing the boot
> sector files with those from a newer image.
>
> I have a Hynix board here so I can test this myself and maybe we can put
> up an image which will boot. Do you have somebody sighted who can
> confirm whether or not the RAM chip is a Hynix device? I believe this
> is the chip on the upper side of the board mounted directly over the SoC.
>
> Mike
>
> On 31/12/2013 03:45, Patrick Smyth wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > Just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Patrick, a partially-sighted English
> > teacher from New York City. I also moonlight as a technology consultant,
> > and I've enjoyed messing around with the Pi so far. Haven't managed to
> get
> > your image to boot, but I've enjoyed reading your site and have learned a
> > great deal already.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing what you guys cook up in the new year. Perhaps
> > I'll put my two cents in once I have a little more experience under my
> belt.
> >
> >
> > Best,
> > Patrick
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 9:10 PM, Mike Ray <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Sounds like a lot Rill.
> >>
> >> In 2014 I hope we can:
> >>
> >> 1. Fix the latency issues which cause tts to stutter and cause a kernel
> >> oops. Hopefully in both Arch Linux and other distros too.
> >>
> >> This might be either by getting espeak to work with pulse audio, or by
> >> using some other method. Possibly even by writing a new connector which
> >> will connect SpeakUp to espeak and a new sound server for Emacspeak.
> >>
> >> If I can get this to work I will then again start work on getting some
> >> kind of lightweight graphical desktop working on the Pi.
> >>
> >> Mike
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On 31/12/2013 00:43, Rill wrote:
> >>> One of my 2014 resolutions is to again push the boundaries of my emacs
> >>> knowledge and my use of the pi. My blog needs a great deal of love and
> >>> my hoped-for booklet on my experience of using the pi needs to be done.
> >>> How many items is that?
> >>> Rill
> >>> On 12/30/2013 6:40 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
> >>>> Hello Rill,
> >>>>
> >>>> The year has gone by very fast. I think our greatest victory to date
> >>>> has been Emacspeak, and thanks to Jason for first getting that to run
> on
> >>>> Arch Linux.
> >>>>
> >>>> I say that Emacspeak is the greatest victory for us because it is so
> >>>> much more than just a screen-reader. And your use of it demonstrates
> >>>> that admirably.
> >>>>
> >>>> In 2014 we can hopefully get audio latency issues fixed, perhaps to
> such
> >>>> a degree that text-to-speech can work on other Linux distributions and
> >>>> we can take kernel and firmware updates off the Arch Linux black-list
> >>>> and create a totally up to date version.
> >>>>
> >>>> Mike
> >>>>
> >>>> On 31/12/2013 00:33, Rill wrote:
> >>>>> Only a year and so much has been accomplished!
> >>>>> Rill
> >>>>> On 12/30/2013 6:30 PM, Mike Ray wrote:
> >>>>>> Hello list,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It was a year ago today (31st December) that I created this list
> >> while I
> >>>>>> waited for my first Raspberry Pi to drop through the letter box.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The list was created because while I was waiting to get my mits on
> the
> >>>>>> little board I could not find answers to some of the questions I had
> >>>>>> which were relevant to me as a blind user. Questions like 'is there
> >> an
> >>>>>> SSH server running out-of-the-box' and 'what are all these sockets
> and
> >>>>>> spikey pins'.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> A year on my knowledge of Linux has increased by an order of
> magnitude
> >>>>>> and several of us have had some fun trying to get some accessibility
> >>>>>> tools running on the Pi.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We have the Accessible Arch Linux image on the web site. This has
> the
> >>>>>> SpeakUp screen-reader and Emacspeak running on it.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Unfortunately their continues to be problems with firmware changes
> and
> >>>>>> latency issues meaning we have had to black-list kernel updates, and
> >> the
> >>>>>> Accessible Arch image will currently not boot on a Pi board with a
> >> Hynix
> >>>>>> RAM chip.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> But I'm working on fixing that, if I can.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> We have several new joiners since Christmas day so I guess Santa may
> >>>>>> have been carrying a few Raspberry Pi boards on his sleigh.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The list is very quiet. This means either that nobody is doing
> >> anything
> >>>>>> with their Pi, or they are not sharing what they are doing.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> So come on, what are you all up to?
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Mike
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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> >>
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> I KEEP six honest serving-men, They taught me all I know. Their names are
> What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.
> -- Rudyard Kipling (paraphrased)
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